The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-09-13

committee, Lem Upton, Jim Harri
gan, Bill Hauser, Buck Pinneo an tn
cheer, an hereby empower 'em to &C
to onct."
The Judge put his knife in his poke
and the meeting broke up without tn
formslity of an adjournment.
Shortly after. the committee met in
the Star of the West saloon to talk the
matter over.
"Of course" said Lem Upton, ''we
don't want to make 'em all CO."
The ones we let stay must be mighty
;quar'," replied Judge Pott.
That's the idee, mighty squar'." said
Buck Pinneo.
1.-The squar' ones air pertty scarce
svw," said Bill Haaser, who had lost
heavily lately.
Mighty uncommon" said Jim Har-
rigan.
II should jedge we orter make up a
list an then thar wouldn't be no dan
ger o. missin' any," said Buck"
II reckon we'd better" replied Lem.
"An' it pears to me that Doc Rey-
aolds orter just about head that list, "
remarked Judge Pott.
That's what" returned Lem, san
thar he is. too" as he drew some
1oubtful-looking characters on the back
Of an envelOpe-characters whose APP
pearance l think, might also have war
ranted that very committee in expelling
them.
Thar is Doc down all fair and squar'
an now fer the others"
The committee worked long and
faithfully in one corner, occasionally
stopping for some of the fluid stimulant
furnished at two bits glass at the bar
Of the Star of the West. A carefully
prepared list was made up. Itincluded
nearly all of the professional gamblers
Of Golden Sand Camp and all of the
''bad men" and other dangerous char
acters. 1t was, in fact, a list of names
of citizens whom the Camp might well
spare.
This movement looking to the Inn
provement of the moral atmosphere of
Golden Sand is one quite frequently
experienced by Western communities,
1t is a movement which comes very
slowly and, regret to say, one which
generally does not remain popular as
long as it should. But when it does
come and while it lasts it is the most
thorough and sweeping reform, look
ing at it from the standard of the COM
munity in which it takes place, which
could possibly occur. There are no
halfway measures, no debating the
question, no lawsuits, no inefficiency
of officers, no any thing but warning
from the committee and a prompt COM
pliance by the Objectionable persons.
whom experience has usually given a
greater respect for discretion than valor
on such an occasion.
Doc Reynolds, who had been unani-
mously accorded the distinction of
heading the list, was the best known
gambler in the camp. He was tall,
well-formed man, with smooth face and
a thoughtful, preoccupied air. He al
ways dressed as unassumingly as posi-
BILE, and his whole aim seemed to be to
attend strictly to business and attract
as little attention as possible. He WIS
very quiet; in fact, barring an occa-
sional necessary remark concerning the
bets or the requirements of his hands,
he was scarcely ever known to utter a
word. When spoken TO directly he al
ways answered politely, but always
briefly. What his opinions on the
thousand and one questions which con-
tinually agitated the public mind of
Golden Sand were, no one knew. On
rare occasions he had been known to
make playful remark on some pass
ing event, and it was even whispered
that once or twice he had been known
to grow quite laxative for the space of
five minutes. And the remarkable
thing about it was that these few &C.
casions had invariably been when ris-
ing from a game early in the morning
in which he had been so unlucky as to
become "dead broke" and that his re-
marks were always of the most humor-
Gus character. The stories of these oc-
casions had given him the reputation
of having remarkably elastic DISPOSE
ton which no misfortune could cloud
and also, whet her deserved or not, of
being remarkably good story-teller
if he was only disposed to try. 81
b'lieve," was the remark of Jack Mid
dleton, ''that eff we could keep that cuss
dead broke all the time that he would
be a laundering good fellow to enter
tain crowd"
But Reynolds was one of the hardest
men in the Hills to keep broke for any
length of time. He was the coolest
man who ever turned a card. He
seemed to be equally at home with any
game. He was seldom caught in cheat
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